Student and Postdoc Travel Support for DNA28

该奖项为2022年8月8日至12日在新墨西哥大学阿尔伯克基举行的第28届DNA计算和分子编程国际会议(DNA28)提供学生旅行支持。这种支持将使新一代学生研究人员能够参加会议，介绍他们的工作，向该领域的顶尖专家学习，并与其他机构的学生互动，培养一种世界范围内的科学探究社区意识。这次会议强调了连接计算、生物和纳米技术的主题，吸引了计算机科学、数学、化学、分子生物学和纳米技术领域的顶尖研究人员。主题范围包括构建纳米结构的分子折叠和自组装的控制；用生物分子演示开关、门、器件和电路；分子马达和分子机器人；体外和体内的计算过程；容错和纠错研究；合成生物学和体外进化；DNA数据存储；分子系统的分析、模拟和设计的软件工具；在工程、物理、化学、生物，特别是医学方面的一系列应用(包括通过细胞特定的、可编程的药物输送实现智能疗法的方法)。会议组织者计划支持多达20名成功的学生申请者，他们要么是美国公民，要么是美国机构的学生。重点将放在那些机构资源不足而无法派他们参加会议的学生身上，以及在会议上展示他们的研究成果的学生。会议组织者将在定期会议公告中邀请申请。一个由会议组织者和外部裁判组成的不同委员会将从收到的申请中进行挑选。这些奖项将为注册、旅行和住宿提供支持。这种支持的可获得性将鼓励分子计算研究中代表性不足的团体的成员，特别是那些在会议上发表口头或海报演讲的人，以及原本负担不起参加这次会议的研究生和本科生。由于这是几年来计划的第一次面对面DNA会议，这种支持将是使会议充满活力和多样化的关键。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides student travel support for the 28th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA28), held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, August 8-12, 2022. This support will enable a new generation of student researchers to attend the conference, present their work, learn from leading experts in the field, and interact with students at other institutions, fostering a sense of worldwide community of scientific enquiry. This conference emphasizes topics that bridge computation, biology, and nanotechnology and attracts top researchers in the fields of computer science, mathematics, chemistry, molecular biology, and nanotechnology. The scope of topics includes control of molecular folding and self-assembly to construct nanostructures; demonstration of switches, gates, devices, and circuits with biomolecules; molecular motors and molecular robotics; computational processes in vitro and in vivo; studies of fault-tolerance and error correction; synthetic biology and in vitro evolution; DNA data storage; software tools for analysis, simulation, and design of molecular systems; a range of applications in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, and especially medicine (including approaches to smart therapeutics with cell-specific, programmable, drug delivery).Conference organizers plan to support up to 20 successful student applicants, who are either US citizens or students at US institutions. Emphasis will be placed on students whose institutions are under-resourced and would otherwise not be able to send them to the conference, and students presenting their research results at the conference. Conference organizers will invite applications in regular conference announcements. A diverse committee of conference organizers and external referees will then make the selection from the received applications. The awards will provide support toward registration, travel, and accommodation. The availability of this support will encourage the participation of members of groups underrepresented in molecular computing research, especially those who are delivering oral or poster presentations at the conference, and graduate and undergraduate students who are otherwise unable to afford attending this conference. As this is the first in-person DNA conference planned for several years, this support will be vital to enable a vibrant and diverse conference.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.